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Tanka
moonless night...
old love letters rest
on my bed
as I dream about him
again
flowers bloom
by his headstone
this morning
his memory follows me
until dusk
body sagging
I miss the kisses
the rush
of men once so determined
to bed me
tidal surge...
too many moons
to count
The above haiku was commended in the Katikati
annual haiku competition
off-shore
stars I thought I made up
in childhood
Frogpond haiku Spring Issue 2013
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Prune Juice Spring 2013
Submitted but the journal closed briefly and these
were discarded by the old editor
night out
over dessert she texts him
a break-up message
tent revival
my dog howls a duet
with the preacher
runaway groom
the ice maiden weeps
into the punch bowl
Lady Chatterley
under my mattress
teen dreams
Next five accepted for Prune Juice summer 2013
Lothario Blues
he strums the abc's
of her g spot
class reunion
my first sweetheart's hair
doesn't attend
rabbit hole
alice works two shifts
to pay the shrink
tent revival
the stray dog howls a duet
with the preacher
Next five haiku (one-line, hokku form and three line
)published in Under the Basho, fall 2013
breaking wave pale in the moonlight his legs engulf me
pieces of me everywhere broken mirror
light on the water a sailor's tremulous chanty
night train
my dead uncle punches
tickets to my dreams
twilight...
the bluebird's last song falls
from the trees
Below published in Kernels premier issue May 2013
haiku section (three)
passing storm...
the pine tree throws
its own shower
rising gulls
the surf rushes away
from dawn
a wingtip
grazes the deepening dusk
untended grave
senryu section (two)
faded bedspread
we divide our belongings
into yours and mine
fogged mirror almost remembering thirty
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